FOUNDING FACTS
This Founding Father helped invent bifocal glasses.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
This New York landmark gives people a Times to remember.
What is Times Square
This Revolutionary War general crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776.
Who is George Washington
This First Lady was known for her “Just Say No” campaign during the 1980s.
Who is Nancy Reagan
This space center in Florida became the launch site for many NASA missions.
What is Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center
The first American flag is often connected to this famous seamstress.
Who is Betsy Ross
Folks at this San Francisco landmark are always hanging around.
What is the Golden Gates Bridge
During the American Revolution, this traitorous general attempted to surrender West Point to the British.
Who is Benedict Arnold
This famous chef often said, “Bam!” while cooking on television.
Who is Emeril (Legasse)
Name for a soviet astronaut
What is a cosmonaut
Our Founding Fathers wrote with a tool with a large feather pen called this.
What is a quill
This Texas landmark remembers a battle that people just can’t forget.
What is the Alamo
This American general served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War and promoted the “Powell Doctrine.”
Who is Colin Powell
This singer was known as “The Chairman of the Board.”
Who is Frank Sinatra
This reusable NASA vehicle first launched in 1981 and changed space travel for decades.
What is the Space Shuttle
This famous document guaranteed freedoms like speech and religion.
What is The Bill of Rights
This New Mexico road trip route is still getting its kicks decades later.
What is Route 66
Nicknamed “Old Blood and Guts,” this World War II general was known for aggressive battlefield tactics.
Who is George Patton
This toy company gave generations of kids games like Monopoly, Battleship, and Connect Four.
What is Hasbro
This astronaut became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962.
Who is John Glenn
These colonial soldiers got their nickname because they were expected to be ready to fight at a moment’s notice.
Who were Minutemen
This mountain on the Tennessee–North Carolina border is smokin’ without even being on fire.
What are the Smoky Mountains
This American general famously declared, “I shall return” during World War II.
Who is Douglas MacArthur
This formerly enslaved abolitionist became a powerful writer and speaker for freedom and civil rights in the 1800s.
Who is Frederick Douglas
This U.S. president challenged America to land a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s.
Who is JFK